House

Facts, with receipts

• House music emerged in Chicago in the early 1980s, with DJs like Frankie Knuckles playing extended disco edits at the Warehouse club. — The Guardian, 'House music: the sound that changed the world' (2014)
• The genre's name is widely attributed to the Warehouse club in Chicago, where Frankie Knuckles was the resident DJ. — Red Bull Music Academy, 'A Short History of House Music' (2015)
• Early house tracks were often built on drum machines like the Roland TR-808 and TR-909, and synthesizers such as the Roland TB-303. — Sound on Sound, 'The History of Roland's TR-909' (2004)
• The first commercially released house record is often cited as 'On and On' by Jesse Saunders (1984), though other local tracks predate it. — The Vinyl Factory, 'The 10 most important house records ever' (2016)
• House music spread to the UK and Europe in the mid-1980s via Chicago imports and DJs like Larry Levan at New York's Paradise Garage, influencing the acid house movement. — BBC, 'The Story of House Music' (2019)
• By the late 1980s, house music became a global phenomenon, with major scenes in London, Ibiza, and Detroit, and was central to the UK's 'Second Summer of Love' in 1988. — The Independent, 'Acid house: The summer of love 1988' (2018)